THE captain of a boat powered by two outboard engines is feared missing after the vessel capsized around midnight Sunday on the Essequibo River. 

The missing man’s name has been given as Patrick Reynolds, 65, of Big Hope Essequibo.
According to the Maritime Administration Department (MARAD), which filed the report yesterday, six other persons who were in the ill-fated boat besides Reynolds when it went down were subsequently rescued and taken safely to shore by a passing vessel.
They were all reportedly travelling from Itaballi to Teperu, on the Essequibo River, when the incident occurred.
Both MARAD and the Bartica Police are investigating the incident, and trying to locate another vessel which allegedly caused the vessel to capsize.